Ruth 1:17
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Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
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Other Translations of Ruth 1:17
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if {anything but} death parts you and me."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.
- Basic English Bible
where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!
- Darby Bible
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death shall part thee and me.
- Webster's Bible
where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried. Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me."
- World English Bible
Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add -- for death itself doth part between me and thee.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
View Wesley's Notes for Ruth 1:17
1:17 There will I be buried - Not desiring to have so much as her dead body carried back into the land of Moab: but Naomi and she having joined souls, she desires they may mingle dust, in hopes of rising together, and remaining together for ever.
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